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Biography |
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1912 |
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Born St Andrews, Fife |
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1932 - 1937 |
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Edinburgh College of Art, Diploma course (Painting) DAE |
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1940 |
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Went to Cornwall with award as recommended by Hubert Wellington |
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1942 |
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Became member of Newlyn Society of Artists and St Ives Society of Artists |
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1946 |
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First meetings of Crypt Group in her studio |
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1948 |
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Worked on glacier drawings and gouaches in Switzerland |
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1949 |
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Founder member of the Penwith Society of Artists |
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1949 |
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Resigned from the St Ives Society of Artists with 16 others |
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1951 |
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Worked in Italy and Scilly Isles |
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1954 - 1955 |
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Worked in Tuscany, Calabria and Sicily |
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1956 - 1957 |
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On staff of Leeds School of Art |
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1960 - 1963 |
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Studio in London |
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1963 |
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Returned to St Ives |
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1963 - 1965 |
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Worked in Scotland and St Ives |
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1984 - 1985 |
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Working in Orkney |
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1991 |
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Visit to Barcelona |
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1992 |
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Received Honorary Doctorate, University of St.Andrews |
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1989 - 1993 |
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Visits to Lanzarote |
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1999 |
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Elected Honorary RSA |
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2000 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctorate from University of Plymouth |
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2001 |
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Awarded the CBE |
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2001 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Exeter |
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Selected Collections |
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The Arts Council of Great Britain |
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The British Museum |
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The Fleming -Wyfold Art Foundation London |
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Glasgow Museum of Modern Art |
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The Governmant Art Collection |
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Tate Gallery |
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art |
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Victoria and Albert Museum |
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Birmingham, Dundee, Leeds, Manchester, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Wolverhampton |
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The New South Wales Art Gallery, Australia |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912 - 2004 & Sandra Blow 1925 - 2006: Energy in Abstraction, Art First, London |
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2007 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Prints and Book launch, Art First, London (solo) |
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2006 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), Art First, London (solo) |
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2005 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: New Prints, Art First, London (solo) |
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2004 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004: A Tribute- Recent Paintings and New Prints, Art First, London (solo) |
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2004 |
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Spoilt for Choice: A Christmas Exhibition, Art First, London |
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2002 - 2004 |
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W. Barns-Graham: Painting as Celebration, Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews, travelling to Aberdeen Art Gallery; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; City Art Gallery and Museum, York; Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University; Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull; Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie; Harwick (solo) |
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1998 - 2004 |
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Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), Edinburgh |
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1998 - 2004 |
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Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW), Edinburgh |
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1979 - 2003 |
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New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives |
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2002 |
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A Critic’s Choice (Mel Gooding), Newlyn Art Gallery |
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2002 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham – A Celebration at 90, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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2002 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: A Tribute from Art First, Art First, London (solo) |
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2001 |
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W. Barns Graham Prints, Exeter University (solo) |
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2001 |
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Art First, London (solo) |
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2001 |
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Art First in Print , Art First, London |
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2001 |
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New Work from Scotland , Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames |
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2001 |
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Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland |
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1999 - 2000 |
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An Enduring Image, Tate Gallery, St. Ives (solo) |
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1999 |
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Liberation and Tradition – Scottish Art 1875-1963, Aberdeen Art Gallery and McMagnus Gallery, Dundee |
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1999 |
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The McGeary Gallery, Brussels (solo) |
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1999 |
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Art First, London (solo) |
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1998 |
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Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London |
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1998 |
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Displays 1997-78, Tate St. Ives |
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1998 |
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Curwen Print Makers , Curwen Gallery, London |
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1997 |
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Critics Choice , RSW, Edinburgh |
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1997 |
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Art First, London (solo) |
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1997 |
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The New Millennium Gallery, St. Ives (solo) |
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1996 - 1997 |
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The National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (solo) |
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1996 |
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The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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1996 |
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Art Miami, International Art Fair, with Art First, London |
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1995 |
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Porthmeor Beach: A century of Images , Tate St. Ives |
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1995 |
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100 Years Context & Continuity , Newlyn Art Gallery |
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1995 |
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A Cornish Midsummer , Royal West of England Academy, in collaboration with Penwith Society |
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1995 |
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William Gear Friends Past and Present , Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
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1995 |
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Art First, London (solo) |
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1994 |
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Drawing 1945 – 1960, Art First, London (solo) |
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1994 |
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The Woof at the Door, Penzance (solo) |
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1994 |
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Painters Prints , Curwen Gallery, London |
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1994 |
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New Academy Gallery Contemporary Prints , Coach House Gallery, Guernsey |
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1992 - 1993 |
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W. Barns- Graham at 80, William Jackson Gallery, London, touring to Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Dundee Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee, Wakefield Art Gallery, Wakefield |
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1992 - 1993 |
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W. Barns- Graham at 80, William Jackson Gallery, London, touring to Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Dundee Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee, Wakefield Art Gallery, Wakefield |
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1992 |
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Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews (solo) |
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1992 |
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The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (solo) |
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1992 |
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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors from Cornwall , Royal West of England Academy, Bristol |
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1992 |
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New Beginnings; Postwar British Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art |
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1991 |
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St. Ives , Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London |
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1990 |
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Festival of Fifty-One , Arts Council Collection, touring exhibition |
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1990 |
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Scottish Drawing ,The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1989 - 1990 |
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Scottish Art since 1900 , Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh and on tour to Barbican Art Gallery, London |
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1989 - 1990 |
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Retrospective exhibition, touring: Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, City Art Centre Edinburgh; Perth Museum and Art Gallery; Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews (solo) |
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1988 - 1990 |
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Ancrum Gallery, Roxburghshire (solo) |
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1989 |
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Scottish Gallery, London (solo) |
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1989 |
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Post-War British Art , Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London |
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1989 |
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A Century of Art in Cornwall 1889-1989 , The County Museum and Art Gallery, Truro, Cornwall |
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1989 |
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Song of the Sea , Dundee Museum and Art Gallery |
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1989 |
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40 years at the Penwith , Penwith Society, St. Ives |
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1989 |
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St Ives , Beaux Arts, Bath Festival |
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1988 - 1989 |
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Freeing the Spirit, Contemporary Scottish Abstraction, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews |
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1973 - 1989 |
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Wills Lane Gallery , St Ives |
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1988 |
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The Experience of Landscape , Arts Council touring exhibition |
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1987 |
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Aspects of Landscape , SAC touring exhibition |
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1987 |
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Looking West , Newlyn Art Gallery and the Royal College of Art, London |
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1987 |
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Gillian Jason Gallery, London (solo) |
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1985 |
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St Ives , 1939-64, The Tate Gallery, London |
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1984 |
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Homage to Herbert Read , University of Kent, Canterbury |
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1984 |
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The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney (solo) |
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1981 - 1983 |
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Contemporary Art from Scotland , The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1982 |
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Art from Cornwall , Galerie Artica, Cuxhaven |
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1982 |
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The Crawford Centre, St Andrews (solo) |
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1982 |
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Henry Rothschild Exhibition, Germany (solo) |
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1981 |
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Newlyn Society of Artists , Galerie Artica, Cuxhaven, Germany |
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1981 |
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LYC Museum and Art Gallery, Cumbria (solo) |
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1981 |
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The Byre Theatre, St Andrews (solo) |
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1980 |
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Contemporary Art Society Exhibition , Sothebys Edinburgh |
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1980 |
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St. Ives Summer Festival Exhibition , Penwith Galleries, St. Ives |
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1978 |
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Painters in Parallel , SAC (Festival Exhibition) |
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1978 |
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The New Art Centre, London (solo) |
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1977 |
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British Artists of the 60’s , The Tate Gallery, London |
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1976 |
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Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives (solo) |
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1972 |
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Annual Exhibition , Plymouth Society of Art (invited artist) |
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1971 |
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Helen Sutherland Collection , Arts Council touring exhibition |
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1971 |
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Marjorie Parr Gallery, London (solo) |
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1970 |
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Sheviock Gallery, Cornwall (solo) |
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1970 |
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Park Square Gallery, Leeds (solo) |
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1969 |
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Painting 1940-1949 , SAC touring Edinburgh |
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1968 |
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Richard De Marco Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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1968 |
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The Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford (solo) |
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1966 |
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WIAC Exhibition , Whitechapel Art Gallery (invited artist) |
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1964 |
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Pictures for Schools , Royal College of Art Gallery, London |
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1960 |
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Painters from Cornwall , Plymouth City Art Gallery |
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1960 |
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Tenth anniversary of Penwith Scoiety of Art, (invited artist) |
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1960 |
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Contemporary Scottish Artists , SAC touring exhibition of Canada |
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1960 |
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International Exhibition of Works in Gouache , New York |
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1960 |
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British Watercolours , Waddington Gallery, London (tour to Sweeden) |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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Gunn, Ann, The Prints of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. A Complete Catalogue, Lund Humphries, 2007, £35 |
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2007 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, The Scottish Gallery, 2007 |
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2006 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004, Important Works From Her Career, Art First, 2006, £6 |
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2004 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912–2004, A Tribute: Recent Paintings and New Prints, 2004, £10 |
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2004 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004, Art First, 2004, £10 |
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2002 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham at 90: A Tribute from Art First, 2002, £8 |
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2002 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. A Celebration at 90, The Scottish Gallery, 2002 |
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2001 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Paintings, Art First, 2001, £10 |
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2001 |
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W. Barns-Graham - A Studio Life by Lynne Green, 2001, published by Lund Humphries, £40 |
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1999 |
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: New Paintings, 1999, Art First, £5 |
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1995 |
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W. Barns-Graham, New Paintings, 1995, £5 |
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1992 |
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W. Barns-Graham at 80, William Jackson Gallery, 1992 |
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1989 |
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W. Barns-Graham, Retrospective 1940-1989, City of Edinburgh Museums and Art Galleries, 1989 |
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